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Work and cxpenrlitures of the agricultural experiment stations 23 



Suiiiiuary 23 



Statistics of the stations 23 



Progress of the stations 24 



Needs of the stations 27 



Statistics of the land-grant colleges 34 



Progress in agricultural education 34 



The farmers' institutes 35 



The Association of Colleges and Stations 38 



The Office of Experiment Stations 38 



Experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico 39 



Nutrition investigations 41 



Irrigation investigations 42 



The duty of water 42 



Methods of distribution of water 43 



Irrigation in the semiarid region 44 



Irrigatif )n in the humid region 44 



Pumping and drainage investigations 45 



Economic studies 45 



Rural engineering 46 



The Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 

 tions 50 



Seventeenth annual convention 50 



The American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers 57 



Eigiith annual meeting 57 



Olfice of Exi)eriment Stations 60 



General outlook 60 



Lines of work 61 



Income 61 



Piil)lications 61 



Agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. . 63 



Nutrition investigations 64 



The work at different places 65 



Food ami nutriti<jn publications 68 



I rrigation investigations 68 



Investigations in the arid region 69 



Investigations in the semiarid districts 72 



Investigations in the humid region 73 



Drainage investigations 75 



I^'iral and economic investigations 75 



Irrigation publications 76 



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